Although Russian President Vladimir Putin has proven adept at weathering storms of popular unrest, there are good reasons to think that this year’s protests might be different. While he and his cronies continue to focus solely on enriching themselves, the country’s secular decline is becoming too obvious to ignore.
Alexei Navalny
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Anders Aslund: Potemkin Putin
People protest against the results of July 1 national vote which approved reforms to the Russian constitution, including a reset for President Vladimir Putin's constitutional term limit that allows him to run two more times and remain in power until 2036, in downtown Saint Petersburg on July 15, 2020.
